Something Like Alt Rock: Best of 2026 Quarter 1

Hard to believe we are a quarter into 2026, so it's time to make some tough cuts. Lot of great music has dropped over the past 12 weeks, and we're pumped for what the rest of 2026 brings. 

Here's our top 25 for 2026 Q1 - check them on Spotify by clicking here.




  1. Tom Morello w/ Beartooth - Everything Burns
  2. Papa Roach - Wake Up Calling
  3. Sevendust - Is This The Real You
  4. Lansdowne - Release Me
  5. Goldfinger w/ El Hefe - The Punisher
  6. The Menzingers - Nobody's Heroes
  7. Sullvn w/ Dicky Barrett - Raise a Glass
  8. Dextrer & The  Moonrocks - All Your Friends Still Scare Me
  9. Silversun Pickups - Long Gone
  10. Social Distortion - Born to Kill
  11. Noah Kahan - Great Divide
  12. Des Rocs - When The Love Is Gone
  13. Landsdowne - Rescue
  14. Eva Under Fire - Murder Scene
  15. Red Jumpsuit Apparatus - Angel's Cry
  16. Nickelback - Bone for the Crows
  17. Eddie and the Getaway - What Do I Do?
  18. The Maine - Die to Fall
  19. Sevendust - Unbreakable
  20. The Haunt - Ghost
  21. Michael Clifford - Carry You Away
  22. Daydreamers - She Is The Time I'm Living In
  23. Dermot Kennedy - Funeral
  24. The Warning w/ Carin Leon - Love to be Loved
  25. The Cab - Locked and Loaded

We also wanted recognize some bands / songs we've been really been enjoying but didn't make this quarter's cut. First, The Scratch - we ended up cutting both "Pullin Teeth" and "Roses and Poses" - we're really enjoy what the Scratch are up to. Likewise, The Format - we've been spinning the Boycott Album vinyl at home, great record! - We're sad to cut "Right Where I Belong". And while we included "All Your Friends Still Scare Me" - we've been loving the new releases from Dexter and Moonrocks including "Flavorless" and "Freakin Out". To recognize releases, we've included the following songs as honorable mentions on the playlist:

  • The Scratch - Pullin Teeth
  • The Format - Right Where I Belong
  • Dexter and the Moonrocks - Flavorless

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